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CVE-2013-3897

Published: Oct 9, 2013

Modified: Oct 22, 2025

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Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CDisplayPointer class in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted JavaScript code that uses the onpropertychange event handler, as exploited in the wild in September and October 2013, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/10/08/ms13-080-addresses-two-vulnerabilities-under-limited-targeted-attacks.aspx

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oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18989

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